Operator of VirusTotal Like Malware-Scanning Service Jailed for 14 Years

tháng 9 22, 2018

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VirusTotal

A Latvian hacker behind the development and operation of counter antivirus service "Scan4You" has finally been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

37-year-old Ruslans Bondars, described as a Latvian "non-citizen" or "citizen of the former USSR who had been residing in Riga, Latvia," was found guilty on May 16 in federal court in Alexandria, during which a co-conspirator revealed he had worked

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Hackers Steal Customers' Credit Cards From Newegg Electronics Retailer

tháng 9 19, 2018

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website hacking

The notorious hacking group behind the Ticketmaster and British Airways data breaches has now victimized popular computer hardware and consumer electronics retailer Newegg.

Magecart hacking group managed to infiltrate the Newegg website and steal the credit card details of all customers who entered their payment card information between August 14 and September 18, 2018, according to a joint

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Ransomware Attack Takes Down Bristol Airport's Flight Display Screens

tháng 9 17, 2018

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ransomware attack

Bristol Airport has blamed a ransomware attack for causing a blackout of flight information screens for two days over the weekend.

The airport said that the attack started Friday morning, taking out several computers over the airport network, including its in-house display screens which provide details about the arrival and departure information of flights.

The attack forced

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Watch Out! This New Web Exploit Can Crash and Restart Your iPhone

tháng 9 17, 2018

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iPhone exploit

It's 2018, and just a few lines of code can crash and restart any iPhone or iPad and can cause a Mac computer to freeze.

Sabri Haddouche, a security researcher at encrypted instant messaging app Wire, revealed a proof-of-concept (PoC) web page containing an exploit that uses only a few lines of specially crafted CSS & HTML code.

Beyond just a simple crash, the web page, if visited, causes a

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Russian Hacker Pleads Guilty to Operating Kelihos Botnet

tháng 9 13, 2018

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Russian hackers

The Russian man who was accused of operating the infamous Kelihos botnet has finally pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court.

Peter Yuryevich Levashov, 38, of St. Petersburg, Russia, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in U.S. federal court in Connecticut to computer crime, wire fraud, conspiracy and identity theft charges.

Levashov, also known by many online aliases including Peter Severa, Petr

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British Airways Hacked – 380,000 Payment Cards Compromised

tháng 9 07, 2018

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hacking news

British Airways, who describes itself as "The World's Favorite Airline," has confirmed a data breach that exposed personal details and credit-card numbers of up to 380,000 customers and lasted for more than two weeks.

So who exactly are victims?

In a statement released by British Airways on Thursday, customers booking flights on its website (ba.com) and British Airways mobile app between

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19-Year-Old Hacker Arrested Over Making Hoax School and Flight Bomb Threats

tháng 9 06, 2018

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ProtonMail

British police have arrested a 19-year-old teen who is an alleged member of Apophis Squad cybercriminal group responsible for making hoax bomb threats to thousands of schools and airlines; and DDoSing ProtonMail and Tutanota secure email services.

George Duke-Cohan was arrested in his bedroom at his family home in Watford by British National Crime Agency (NCA) on 31st August and pledged

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Thousands of MikroTik Routers Hacked to Eavesdrop On Network Traffic

tháng 9 04, 2018

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router malware

Last month we reported about a widespread crypto-mining malware campaign that hijacked over 200,000 MikroTik routers using a previously disclosed vulnerability revealed in the CIA Vault 7 leaks.

Now Chinese security researchers at Qihoo 360 Netlab have discovered that out of 370,000 potentially vulnerable MikroTik routers, more than 7,500 devices have been compromised to enable Socks4 proxy

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